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HOLDER FOR PAPER SACKS, 650. I No. 306,444. Patented Oct. 14, 1884.

CHARLES B. TOMPKINS AND PERRY J. STANDARD, OF LEXVISTO\VN, ILL.

HOLDER FOR PAPER SACKS, 80C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 306,444, dated October14, 1884.

Application filed March 24, 1884. (N0 model.)

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Be it known that we, inns. B. TOMPKINS and PERRY J. STANDARD, citizensof the United States, residing in the city of Lewis town, county ofFulton, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Paper-Holders; and we dohereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

Our invention is for the purpose of holding druggists labels, papersacks, and other papers in numbers of fifty, more or less, so fir1nly inposition that one of the number may be separated and withdrawn withoutderanging the remaining ones. \Ve attain these objects by the mechanismillustrated in the acco1npanying drawings, in which Figure 1 representsthe device for holding only one bag or paper, and Fig. 2 represents thedevice for holding a series of papers.

A A is a form, of wood or other light material, with a plane surface, B,as in Fig. 1, for holding only bunch of papers, and in Fig. 2 with aseries of inclined planes, B B, for holding a series ofpapers, the sizeofthe planes to be the same as the papers to beheld, re spectively.These inclined planes B B are so arranged that the right-hand end of anybunch of papers will be above the left-hand end of the adjoining bunch,so that the last of'any bunch of papers may be withdrawn withoutinterfering with the adjoining ones.

( G are wire springs passing over the papers and down the sides of theform A A, with one or more coils around the pivot D and passing onto thesecond pivot D. D D are pivots around which the wire spring is coiled,holding one spring in position and furnishing a support for the ends ofthe next spring. The first and third lotof papers from the right end areheld by a single wire only, as in the drawings, so that one bunch ofpapers furnishes a support to the spring to hold the Y other bunch ofpapers in place, and Vice versa. The papers are held firmly down by theelas ticity of the springs, and are held from any sidewise movements bythe shape of the springs, which bend down each side of the form as theyapproach the pivot around which it is coiled.

1. The combination of aspring with a base, arranged in the manner andfor the purposes set forth.

2. An inclined base, in combination with a spring, arranged in themanner and for the purposes set forth.

3. The manner of holding the papers, tables, tickets, paper bags, &c.,from sidewise motion by means of the springspassing down the sides ofthe papers, &c., and fastened to the base A, as described.

CHAS. 13. TOMPKINS. PERRY J. STANDARD.

Vitnesses:

J. S. GEIGLEY, HENRY (ins'rmn.

